Initiation (film)

Initiation
Directed by	Michael Pearce
Produced by	Jane Ballantyne executive Antony I. Ginnane
Written by	James Barton
Based on	original idea by Michael Pearce
Starring	Bruno Lawrence Rodney Harvey Miranda Otto
Production company	International Film Management South Australian Film Corporation
Distributed by	Goldfarb
Release dates	1987
Running time	88 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$3 million^[1]

Initiation is 1987 Australian film.^[2]

Plot

Danny Molloy arrives in Adelaide to visit his father who he has not seen in ten years. He then crashes in a rain forest.

Production

The film was shot in Adelaide and the Blue Mountains.^[3] It was completed in January 1987.

Release

The film was pre-sold to US distributor Goldfarb for $850,000 but Goldfarb later backed out of this commitment claiming they did not have the money.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p90-91
↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p86
↑ GOLDFARB RENEGES ON PRE-SALE DEBT By MARK LAWSON Australian Financial Review 28 April 1988 p 36
↑ TAX CONCESSIONS ARE GOOD, BUT FILMS CARRY RISK AS WELL by Anne Lampe Sydney Morning Herald 15 July 1987 p 26

External links

Initiation at IMDB

Films produced by Antony I. Ginnane

1970s	Sympathy in Summer (1971) (also director, writer) Fantasm (1976) Fantasm Comes Again (1977) Blue Fire Lady (1977) Patrick (1978) Thirst (1979)

1980s	Harlequin (1980) Prisoners (1981) Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) The Survivor (1981) Dead Kids (1981) Turkey Shoot (1982) Second Time Lucky (1984) Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1986) (mini series) Mesmerized (1986) Killer Instinct (1987) The Tale of Ruby Rose (1987) Dark Age (1987) Initiation (1987) High Tide (1987) Slate, Wyn & Me (1987) The Lighthorsemen (1987) The Time Guardian (1988) Savage Justice (1988) Incident at Raven's Gate (1988) Boundaries of the Heart (1988) The Everlasting Secret Family (1988) Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1988) (mini-series) The Dreaming (1988) Grievous Bodily Harm (1988) Mull (1989) Minnamurra (1989) The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) Driving Force (1989) Demonstone (1989)

1990s	Fatal Sky (1990) A Case of Honor (1991) Bonjour Timothy (1995) No Contest (1995) Screamers (1995) The Whole of the Moon (1997) Men with Guns (1997) The Truth About Juliet (1998) Reluctant Angel (1998) Captive (1998) Black Light (1999) Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien (1999)

2000s	Reaper (2000) Torrent (2001) The Hit (2001) (TV movie) Lawless: Beyond Justice (2001) (TV movie) Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001) (TV movie) Sweet Revenge (2002) Blind Heat (2002) The Risen (2003) (TV movie) The Big Red (2005) (documentary) Look @ Me (2006) Ten Dead Men (2008) Screamers: The Hunting (2009)

2010s	Arctic Blast (2010) Metal Tornado (2011) (TV movie) Last Dance (2012) Patrick (2013) Turkey Shoot (2014)

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